I Didn't Tell Facebook I'm Engaged, So Why Is It Asking About My Fiancé?

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56. ed - you may not want private data, but there are those who do.

I have no objection to Google or FB or any of the others gathering randomized anonymous data stripped of all identifiers and then selling it to marketing companies. That is provided that they actually have in place and always follow the necessary safeguards and keep their data secure.

However, there's substantial real market value to these services from gov't agencies such as NSA which do purchase the data of aggregators, as well as consumer data along with DOJ fees paid telcos for diverting, gathering, storing and producing both warrant Title III and Administrative Demand Letter and warrantless FISA telco/ISP records.

Other country intel agencies do the same, and there's a constant effort made to hack into commercial data by sundry and all, including privatized intel companies.